History of Tolland County Connecticut

Book

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Cover of A History of Tolland County Connecticut: A book with black leather binding. The spine and right corners are brown cardboard bound. The binding shows wear with some tear at the connection point.
Cover of A History of Tolland County Connecticut

A book with black leather binding. The spine and right corners are brown cardboard bound. The binding shows wear with some tear at the connection point.

Name/Title

History of Tolland County Connecticut

Entry/Object ID

2023.46.1

Secondary Title

Its early settlement and progress to the present time: a description of its historic and interesting localities; sketches of its towns and villages; portraits of some of its prominent men, and biographies of many of its representative citizens.

Description

This book is a history of Tolland County in Connecticut displaying the history of each of the towns and additional history by subject.

Context

In 1880, local historian Ellen Learned published a history of Windham County, Connecticut. A similar history was published in 1889 two years following the publication of this book under the same publisher.

Collection

Lucy Crosbie Collection

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

8 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

J. R. Cole

Place Published

City

New York, NY

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Date Published

1888

Publication Language

English

Location

Location

Room

Archives

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Storage

Date

November 11, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Condition Detail

Structural Integrity, Foxing, Yellowing

Date Examined

Nov 11, 2023

Notes

Binding is fragile.

Web Links and URLs

History of Tolland County Digitized

Created By

Eves, Jamie

Create Date

November 11, 2023

Updated By

Eves, Jamie

Update Date

November 25, 2023